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Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…
Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful soldiers that the Devil either by his grand captains the emperors, or by his most dearly beloved sons and heirs the popes, have most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poisoned doctrines wherewith that great read dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his traitorous practises and designs, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and our most religious Sovereign Lord King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and divers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by George Eld and Ralph Blower, 1615
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the year 780. it rained blood it the city of York, it fell from the top of S. Peters Church, the Element being clear▪ out of the North part of the Temple, & some expounded it to be a token of the coming of the Danes, which entered thi• land about 7. years after.
In the yeare 780. it rained blood it the citie of Yorke, it fell from the top of S. Peters Church, the Element being cléere▪ out of the North part of the Temple, & some expounded it to be a token of the comming of the Danes, which entred thi• land about 7. years after.
In the year 784. Irene Empress of the Greeks, by the means of Pope Adrian, took up the body of Constantinus Emperor of Constantinople, her husbands father, and burned it, and caused the ashes to be cast into the sea, because he disannulled Images, as afore is said; afterwards reigning with her son Constantine the sixth being at dissension with him▪ she caused him to be cast into prison, and his eyes to be put out, so cruelly, that within short time he dyed: after, she held a Council at Nice•, where it was decreed that Images should again be restored to the Church, which Council also was repealed by another Council holden at Frankfurt, by Charles the great▪ wherein he did greatly lament, that no• so few as 300. Bishops of the East did decree that Images should be worshipped, which the Church of God hath always abhorred; at length she was deposed by Nicephorus, who reigned after her, and after, according to the just Judgement of God, ended her life in much penury and misery.
In the yeare 784. Irene Empresse of the Greekes, by the meanes of Pope Adrian, tooke vp the body of Constantinus Emperour of Constantinople, her husbands father, and burned it, and caused the ashes to be cast into the sea, because he disanulled Images, as afore is said; afterwards raigning with her son Constantine the sixt being at disscenion with him she caused him to be cast into prison, and his eyes to be put out, so cruelly, that within short time he dyed: after, she held a Councell at Nice, where it was decréed that Images should againe be restored to the Church, which Councell also was repealed by another Councell holden at Frankeford, by Charles the great wherin he did greatly lament, that no so few as 300. Bishops of the East did decree that Images should be worshipped, which the Church of God hath alwaies abhorred; at length she was deposed by Nicephorus, who raigned after her, and after, according to the iust Iudgement of God, ended her life in much penury and misery.